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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published January 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Living Brain; Flash Thompson
Genre superhero
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #145; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996)

17 page Spider-Man story "The Terrible Threat of the Living Brain!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Living Brain; Flash Thompson; Liz Allen; Mr. Petty; Mr. Warren; J. Jonah Jameson (Cameo); Aunt May (Cameo); Vulture [Adrian Toomes] (Cameo)
Synopsis When two technicians try to steal a computer that is on display at Peter's school, they accidentally turn it into "The Living Brain" that goes wild and must be stopped by Spider-Man.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Art Simek
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Peter stops wearing his glasses after they are broken by Flash Thompson.
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #145; in Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 1975 series) #2; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #9; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996)

6 page Spider-Man; Human Torch story "Spider-Man Tackles The Torch!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doris Evans
Synopsis Spider-Man crashes a party at Johnny Storm's girlfriend's place, causing a fight between the Human Torch and Spider-Man that soon escalates to include the rest of the Fantastic Four.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #6; in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #1; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #145; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1; in Sensational Spider-Man (Marvel, 1988 series) #nn; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #9; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996)